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Northrop Grumman displayed its glass cockpit for the Sikorsky UH-60L cockpit digitization program at this year s Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) convention in Washington, D.C. The open architecture digital system involves both hardware and software, to include partitioned and architecture... Read More »

Northrop Grumman displayed its glass cockpit for the Sikorsky UH-60L cockpit digitization program at this year s Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) convention in Washington, D.C. The open architecture digital system involves both hardware and software, to include partitioned and architecture... Read More »

The U.S. Air Force's Long-Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B) program has drawn interest from its first announced major industry team, lead by Boeing and Lockheed Martin. [Northrop Grumman's B2 stealth bomber, the last bomber to be fielded, first entered service in the 1990s. Photo, courtesy of Northrop... Read More »

Moving to obtain the Boeing Apache airworthiness qualification for its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS), BAE Systems took the missile to the U.S. Army for test firing at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The APKWS is a 2.75-inch (70 mm) laser-guided rocket which offers a more precise... Read More »

Moving to obtain the Boeing Apache airworthiness qualification for its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS), BAE Systems took the missile to the U.S. Army for test firing at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The APKWS is a 2.75-inch (70 mm) laser-guided rocket which offers a more precise... Read More »

The U.S. Navy has issued a $34.5 million contract to Northrop Grumman to provide upgraded Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems for the French Navy's fleet of E-2C Hawkeyes early warning and battle management aircraft. [E-2C Hawkeye. Photo, courtesy of Northrop Grumman.] France has... Read More »

The U.S. Navy has issued a $34.5 million contract to Northrop Grumman to provide upgraded Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems for the French Navy's fleet of E-2C Hawkeyes early warning and battle management aircraft. [E-2C Hawkeye. Photo, courtesy of Northrop Grumman.] France has... Read More »

Experts from NASA, FAA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory have chosen six companies to participate in the Advanced Composites Project from a list of 20 proposals. The project falls under the Integrated Systems Research Program at NASA s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. The... Read More »

Experts from NASA, FAA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory have chosen six companies to participate in the Advanced Composites Project from a list of 20 proposals. The project falls under the Integrated Systems Research Program at NASA s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. The... Read More »

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAF) will receive a conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant of the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet in 2014, Northrop Grumman said Thursday. Northrop delivered the first of 100 center fuselages for the RAF to Lockheed Martin last week. Australia, one of eight... Read More »

Attending a big defense exposition such as the recently held DSEI in London is no bad thing. The mainstream media had one central line of interest: Syria. The prospect of missile strikes in retaliation for President Assad s widely alleged use of chemical weapons against his own people was on... Read More »

Attending a big defense exposition such as the recently held DSEI in London is no bad thing. The mainstream media had one central line of interest: Syria. The prospect of missile strikes in retaliation for President Assad s widely alleged use of chemical weapons against his own people was on... Read More »

The U.S. Navy's first MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter completed ground testing and engine runs during its initial testing Friday at Naval Base Ventura Country Point Mugu, Calif. (MQ-8C Fire Scout at Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, Calif., on Sept. 20 to prepare the system for flight... Read More »

The U.S. Navy's first MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter completed ground testing and engine runs during its initial testing Friday at Naval Base Ventura Country Point Mugu, Calif. (MQ-8C Fire Scout at Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, Calif., on Sept. 20 to prepare the system for flight... Read More »

Northrop Grumman is flight testing a radar system that will provide its Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with 360-degree views of ocean and coastal regions. (Triton UAS. Photo, courtesy of Northrop Grumman.) Currently the manufacturer is using a Gulfstream II surrogate aircraft to perform... Read More »

Northrop Grumman is flight testing a radar system that will provide its Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with 360-degree views of ocean and coastal regions. (Triton UAS. Photo, courtesy of Northrop Grumman.) Currently the manufacturer is using a Gulfstream II surrogate aircraft to perform... Read More »

South Korea has given Longbow LLC a $51-million foreign military sales (FMS) contract to buy Longbow Fire Control Radars to go with the Apache AH-64E Guardian s that were procured in April 2013. The Koreans will receive six Longbow FCR systems together with spares and support. Longbow LLC is a... Read More »